Myrtle Avenue Line refers to the following public transit lines:
- BMT Myrtle Avenue Line (subway)
- Myrtle Avenue Line (surface) in Brooklyn (bus, formerly streetcar)
- Richmond Hill Line in Queens (bus, formerly streetcar)
Famous quotes containing the words myrtle, avenue and/or line:
“But Thou that knowst Love above Intrest or lust
Strew the Myrtle and Rose on this once belovd Dust
And shed one pious tear upon Jinny the Just
Tread soft on her Grave, and do right to her honor
Let neither rude hand no ill Tongue light upon her
Do all the smal Favors that now can be done her”
—Matthew Prior (16641721)
“Only in America ... do these peasants, our mothers, get their hair dyed platinum at the age of sixty, and walk up and down Collins Avenue in Florida in pedalpushers and mink stolesand with opinions on every subject under the sun. It isnt their fault they were given a gift like speechlook, if cows could talk, they would say things just as idiotic.”
—Philip Roth (b. 1933)
“Our job is now clear. All Americans must be prepared to make, on a 24 hour schedule, every war weapon possible and the war factory line will use men and materials which will bring, the war effort to every man, woman, and child in America. All one hundred thirty million of us will be needed to answer the sunrise stealth of the Sabbath Day Assassins.”
—Lyndon Baines Johnson (19081973)